Echo tee probe placement image acquisition interpretation & report at Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance
4101 Torrance Blvd, Torrance, CA · Providence · · NPI 1003084211
$1,277.85
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$3,651.00
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$555.26 with Blue Shield vs $2,391.00 with Healthnet — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Blue Shield | Hmo | $555.26 | ↓ -57% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $602.30 | ↓ -53% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $658.08 | ↓ -49% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $686.13 | ↓ -46% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $702.78 | ↓ -45% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $716.84 | ↓ -44% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $736.29 | ↓ -42% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $744.08 | ↓ -42% |
| Caremore | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $773.06 | ↓ -40% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $829.27 | ↓ -35% |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $830.08 | ↓ -35% |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $913.62 | ↓ -29% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $1,300.14 | ↑ +2% |
| Healthnet | Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan | $1,484.00 | ↑ +16% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $1,503.95 | ↑ +18% |
| Healthnet | All Commercial Plans | $2,391.00 | ↑ +87% |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,841.31 | $337.97 – $5,059.86 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,816.62 | $736.35 – $928.66 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,584.46 | $223.39 – $1,518.02 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $213.12 | $82.79 – $313.60 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,480.98 | $223.39 – $1,518.02 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $868.14 | $223.39 – $1,852.80 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2,524.60 | $223.39 – $1,829.64 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,596.30 | $775.83 – $3,331.00 |